CANUCKS (0-1-2) at PANTHERS (3-2-0)
4 p.m. PDT; SCRIPPS, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
- Danton Heinen — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
- Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Daniel Sprong
- Nils Hoglander — Teddy Blueger — Conor Garland
- Nils Aman — Pius Suter — Kiefer Sherwood
- Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
- Carson Soucy — Tyler Myers
- Erik Brannstrom — Vincent Desharnais
- Kevin Lankinen
- Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Arshdeep Bains, Derek Forbort, Noah Juulsen
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)
Panthers projected lineup
- Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Sam Reinhart
- Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Evan Rodrigues
- A.J. Greer — Jesper Boqvist — Mackie Samoskevich
- Jonah Gadjovich — Patrick Giles — Uvis Balinskis
- Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
- Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
- Adam Boqvist — Nate Schmidt
- Sergei Bobrovsky
- Spencer Knight
Scratched: None
Injured: Aleksander Barkov (lower body), Matthew Tkachuk (illness), Tomas Nosek (upper body)
Status report
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate Thursday. … Lankinen is expected to start after Silovs made 23 saves in a 4-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. … Brannstrom was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Thursday after forward Aatu Raty was reassigned to the AHL on Wednesday. … Forbort, a defenseman, is away from the team for personal reasons. … Barkov, a center, could be out as long as two weeks, Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. … With Barkov and Tkachuk, a forward, not playing, Florida has had to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen the past three games. … Balinskis, a defenseman, has been playing right wing on the fourth line.
Source: nhl.com
